The Ebon Vault: Secrets of the Staff

Staves have long been an iconic accessory for the magically-minded, but, when it comes to game rules, staves have never been the most exciting magic items. From the makers of Advanced Arcana and The Book of Beginnings, The Ebon Vault: Secrets of the Staff aims to end this trend by re-imagining what a staff can do.

This book includes over 70 brand new staves, each and every one of which has fun and unique abilities. Most prominent among these are gemstaves, a new type of staff which is powered by a magical battery, known as a spellgem. Each spellgem is different, and many of them have a special effect which modifies the spells it powers. The book also includes a number of staves which, in addition to allowing the user to casts spells, also allows him or her to apply metamagic effects to spells cast both with and without the staff.

If you want more from your staves, look no further. With The Ebon Vault: Secrets of the Staff, you'll never look at magic staves the same way again.

This review was written by Thilo Graf and published in GMS Magazine This book from Necromancers of the Northwest is 34 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 1 page ToC, 1 page SRD, 1 page back cover, leaving 29 pages of cont [...]

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